Is there a way to create a new slab style from an unstyled slab? When I start to create a slab, I can 'save preferences as a slab style', but once the slab has been created, I can only replace the slab style, not save the current settings as a new style. We can do this with doors and windows, what not with slabs?

If you export the MA file as a CSV or tab delimited file, you can import it into vwx as a worksheet. If you have a spotlight report sorted in the same order, you can cut and paste from one to the other.

His is more of a request for Vectorworks University. Is it possible to get a date stamp on the courses? Frequently I'll look at a course and find it was created several versions ago, and the tools and techniques are antiquated

Has anyone figured out how to make a data tag reference a texture? I'd love to be able to tag a wall or roof or surface and have it show the texture. I can use a custom IFC field, but it won't update when i change the wall style, or if I just apply a texture

Is anyone else having problems with Vision? I generally use MA3D, but I thought I would revisit Vision. My first two exports were a disaster, with all the objects (stage, screen, etc) with zero elevation, and piled up at the origin. The next two exports caused VWX to crash. I'm using VWX 2020 SP3.1, and the latest version of vision.

The "Truss system" is a set of auto joined truss pieces. I think they keep it that way for braceworks, but it means you have to go to the OIP to select the 'system' if you want to move it, or to change the trim height. If you grab a single stick of truss, it moves independently, and breaks the 'system'

Thanks Sam. I haven't kept up with all the new features in Autoplot. It looks like it works with Hanging positions, grouped trusses, and individual sticks of truss, but it doesn't recognize a system of trusses. The whole 'truss system' vs hanging position looks like it needs some work.

So it sounds like Hanging Positions are being phased out. If we are to switch to 'Insert Truss' tools, I have a few questions.
1) I'd like to have a data tag that shows truss system name, trim height, and length. I can make a tag that shows system name and object trim height, but I can't get the system length, only the length of 1 piece. Also, this only works if the truss is a system, not a group or a hanging position. Having to go to the OIP to select the system every time you want to move it is a pain.
2) I'd also like to make a worksheet with system name, overall truss length, trim height and truss counts. Similar to what you see when you use 'Replace truss'. I can make a worksheet with System name and components, but not quantities or trim.
Anyone have suggestions on how to work make this work? The tutorials and Vectorworks U are obsolete.
Truss Tags.pdf

Nice if you need an array. If you change to 2 strings and move a control point, it automatically reverts to 4 strings.
Would be much more useful if it was like the stanchion tool, or duplicate along path. But as an example for learning Marionette, it's useful.

Also having similar problems will callouts. Every time I use the callout tool, I get the spinning beach ball for 5-6 seconds, then it works correctly. This is similar to issues I has with Mojave and SP 2